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Gale

in Kentucky

There are 43 people with the last name "Gale" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Gale 7,434
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  1. is 7,430th most common Eby
  2. is 7,431st most common Featherston
  3. is 7,432nd most common Fitzsimmons
  4. is 7,433rd most common Freer
  5. is 7,434th most common Gale
  6. is 7,435th most common Gassaway
  7. is 7,436th most common Gauthier
  8. is 7,437th most common Gossman
  9. is 7,438th most common Hass

Similar Names and Nicknames

Gales, Galeano, Gile, Galey, Galeana, Galea, Galen, Galeas, Galer, Galentine

Most Common First Names for Gale

David, Daniel, Laura, Marcus, Alex, Alexander, Anita, Ann, Ashley, Bruce

Meaning & History

English: nickname for a cheerful or boisterous person, from Middle English ga(i)le ‘jovial’, ‘rowdy’, from Old English gāl ‘light’, ‘pleasant’, ‘merry’, which was reinforced in Middle English by Old French gail. Compare Gail 2.

English: from a Germanic personal name introduced into England from France by the Normans in the form Gal(on). Two originally distinct names have fallen together in this form: one was a short form of compound names with the first element gail ‘cheerful’, ‘joyous’. Compare Gaillard, the other was a byname from the element walh ‘stranger’, ‘foreigner’.

English: metonymic occupational name for a jailer, topographic name for someone who lived near the local jail, or nickname for a jailbird, from Old Northern French gaiole ‘jail’ (Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of classical Latin cavea ‘cage’).

Portuguese: from galé ‘galleon’, ‘war ship’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a shipwright or a mariner.

Slovenian: from a pet form of the personal name Gal (Latin Gallus), formed with the suffix -e, usually denoting a young person.

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